David Herold
David Edgar Herold (born June 16, 1842 in Maryland , † July 7, 1865 in Washington, DC ) was an American assassin who, together with John Wilkes Booth , carried out a successful attack on President Abraham Lincoln .
Early years
Herold was born in Maryland, the sixth of ten children to Adam and Mary Porter Herold. He grew up in Washington DC and attended Gonzaga College High School, Georgetown College, and Rittenhouse Academy. He then worked as a pharmacist. Herold later attended Charlotte Hall Academy, where he met John Surratt , who introduced him to Booth.
In 1864 he was for a time in Brooklyn, New York, employed by the doctor Francis Tumblety (around 1830-1903). Tumblety was briefly arrested while hunting the Lincoln killers, but was later released.
attack
On the evening of April 14, 1865, when Booth shot Lincoln in the Ford Theater in Washington, Lewis Powell broke into Secretary of State William H. Seward's home and severely wounded him with several knife stabs. Herold accompanied Powell. Seward survived the attack, however.
On July 7, 1865, Herold was hanged along with Mary Surratt , Lewis Powell and George Atzerodt , three other accomplices of the Lincoln assassin . Booth himself had been killed while trying to arrest him on April 26, 1865.
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| SURNAME | Herald, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Herald, David Edgar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American assassin on Lincoln |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maryland |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1865 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |